title: Difficulty walking. A presentation of idiopathic juvenile osteoporosis.
abstract: Idiopathic juvenile osteoporosis is a rare condition that may present as difficulty walking. Difficulty walking represents a challenging differential diagnosis in pediatrics. Diagnostic studies are usually oriented to rule out neuromuscular etiologies or, once organic causes have been reasonably discarded, conversion disorders. We describe 2 patients who presented with difficulty or inability to walk due to idiopathic juvenile osteoporosis, a rare disease unfamiliar to most physicians. However, early diagnosis in patients can avoid extensive testing and prolonged hospitalizations.
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Rheumatology Unit, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Villaverde
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: De Inocencio
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Merino
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: García-Consuegra
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005269:Femur / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008124:Locomotion; D008297:Male; D009069:Movement Disorders / Q000209:etiology*; D010024:Osteoporosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology; D011859:Radiography; D013131:Spine / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging